Some 4.2 million Ukrainian citizens, who fled the country as a result of Russia‘s war of aggression, are currently living under temporary protection status in the EU, new data has shown.
The Eurostat data showed that as of 31 August, Germany had the highest number of Ukrainian citizens living under temporary protection (1.12 million; 27.0% of the EU total), followed by Poland (975,000; 23.4%) and Czechia (377,000; 9.1%).
On a month-on-month basis, the biggest increase in the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection was again observed in Germany (+11,730; +1.1%), followed by Czechia (+7,275; +2.0%) and Romania (+3,050; +1.8%).
The number of beneficiaries decreased in Poland (-1,015; -0,1%), France (-680; -1.1%) and Luxembourg (-10; -0.3%), the data showed.
Temporary protection recipients
As of the end of August 2024, the highest ratio of temporary protection recipients per thousand people were found in Czechia (34.6), Lithuania (27.6), and Poland (26.6), compared to the EU average of 9.3 per thousand.
The vast majority of these beneficiaries were Ukrainian citizens (98.3%), displaced by the ongoing conflict due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In terms of demographics, adult women accounted for 45.1% of temporary protection beneficiaries, children represented 32.3%, and adult men made up 22.6%. Read more here.
These figures reflect the implementation of the Council Decision 2022/382 from 4 March 2022, which established temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine. Earlier this year, the temporary protection, initially set to expire in March 2025, was extended by the European Council until 4 March 2026.
